How to Use steel town in a Sentence

steel town

noun
  • Port Talbot was—and still is, just about—a steel town, but the Hopkins family were bakers.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Birmingham has evolved from a former steel town into a world-class dining destination.
    — Bob Carlton, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Nearly fifty years ago, the city of Clairton was the backdrop for the movie Deer Hunter, which depicted the impact of the Vietnam War on a group of lifelong friends in a working-class steel town.
    — Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Once a rough-and-tumble steel town, Pittsburgh’s in the midst of a massive makeover—and the Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh, a funky, super-stylish Kimpton outpost is helping to lead the charge.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Growing up in one of America’s fastest-shrinking cities—the flood-prone steel town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania—Tatiana Triplin didn’t have much of a choice but to find a musical community online.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Idra Novey is a poet, novelist, and translator who grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a former steel town in the Allegheny Highlands of Appalachia.
    — Idra Novey, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • In October 1948, a thick haze rolled into Donora, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the Monongahela Valley, south of Pittsburgh.
    — Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The Financial Times continued its series of reports on the affordability crisis in America, using Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – a former steel town – to highlight the yawning gap between rich and poor.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
  • As the longtime restaurant writer for The Birmingham News and the Alabama Media Group, I was blessed to have a seat at the chef’s counter and to get to share the story of Birmingham’s transformation from a steel town into one of the South’s great food cities.
    — Bob Carlton, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Gary is a steel town, and the industry is critical to its economy, but CBS News Chicago Investigators has exposed the significant industrial pollution in Northwest Indiana which partially stems from the steel production facilities in the area, as well as the health impact for people living there.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

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